{"id":12018,"date":"2025-12-14T16:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=12018"},"modified":"2025-12-14T16:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:08:21","slug":"let-there-be-a-firmament","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/let-there-be-a-firmament\/","title":{"rendered":"Let There Be a Firmament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>154) \u201cLet there be a firmament inside the water.\u201d In the verse \u201cLet there be a firmament,\u201d the upper waters were separated from the lower waters. A firmament means spreading of water. This is why it is written, \u201cAnd let it separate between water and water,\u201d between upper water and lower water, as it is written, \u201cLet there be a firmament,\u201d which means that an expansion would expand from one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>155) \u201cAnd God made the firmament.\u201d \u201cMade\u201d indicates that He made in it an act of Gadlut of above, meaning extended in it Mochin of Gadlut from Bina, for in the words \u201cLet there be a firmament,\u201d preparation was made for reception of the upper Mochin of Bina to ZON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the word \u201cmade\u201d indicates the completion of all that is desired, for all the upper Mochin from Bina were already extended into ZON. It does not write, \u201cLet there be a firmament,\u201d but rather, \u201cAnd God made the firmament.\u201d This wording indicates that He enhanced it in great Gadlut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>156) Hell for the wicked of the world was created on the second day. On the second, dispute was created. On the second, the work was not completed, but on the third day. This is why it is not written on the second day \u201cthat it was good,\u201d until the third day came and the work was completed in it. This is why it is written twice on the third day \u201cthat it was good,\u201d once for completing the work of the second day, and once for completing its own work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the third day, the second day was corrected and the dispute in it was settled, for the existence of the illumination of both. In it, the mercy for the wicked in Hell were completed, to exempt them from the judgment. On the third day, the glimmers of the fire of Hell grow still, meaning that they cool off in the illumination of the third day and no longer burn. This is why the second day was included and completed in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>157) But the light emerged on the first day, darkness emerged on the second day, and the division of water and dispute were in it. Why was all that not completed in the illumination of the first day? After all, the right includes the left, meaning that since the light of the right emerged on the first day, it follows that it is the root of the second day, and any root includes its branch within it and governs it. Hence, the first day could have corrected it, so why did the second day become needy of a third day to correct it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a very big difference because through the correction of the third day, its illumination diminished, and it could not illuminate from above downward, only from below upward, which is considered VAK of GAR. Had the second day been corrected by the first day, it would have remained as it was and would not have been diminished whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing is that the dispute was over the fact that the first day really did wish to correct it, as a root that corrects the branch. However, the second day did not wish to accept the governance of the first day over it. 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